Type box



W. A. SEARS.

v TYPE BOX. APPLICATION FILED APR. e, um.

Patented May 30, 1922.

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WILLIAM A. SEARS, 0F LEON,IZANSAS.

TYPE BOX.

Application filed April 6, 1921.

' of Leon, county of Butler, and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Type Box, of which the followlng 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in type boxes, an object of the invention being to provide a packing case of this character particularlyi designed for shipping linotype slugs which will be easy to open and which will obviate the inconvenience of pied type often caused by shipment n fragile containers or by carelesshandling 1n transit.

A further object is to provide a strong, durable box of this character which will be simple and practical in construction and to provide an improved locking means therefor.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my 1mproved type box and locking str p.

Figure 2 is a view in long1tud1nal section through the box with the strip in position on the box.

Figure 3 is an end view of Figure 2.

Referring in detail to the drawlngs, my improved type box which is preferably made of wood and is of general rectangular shape, comprises a bottom 3, side walls 4, and relatively thick end walls 5 permanently secured together by suitable securing means 6.

The end walls 5 are recessed at their inner upper edges as shown at 7, forming shoulders 7 which serve to support the ends of a removable cover 8.

The securing devices 6 may also serve to fasten a metal. band 9 around each of the end members 5. The width of the encircling strengthening bands 9 is substantially the same as the thickness of the end members, and one of the bands is provided with a recess 1O registering with the recess 7 in one of the end members.

In closing the box, one end of the cover 8 is inserted under one of the metal bands 9 Specification of Lettersiatent.

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and rests on one of the shoulders 7', and the other end of the cover is dropped through the recess 10 on to the other shoulder 7.

That end of the box which is provided with the recessed band hasa transversely disposed bolt receiving bore 11 extending entirely through the end member 5 and band 9.

12 represents an inverted U-shaped metal strip of somewhat greater thickness than the bands 9. In locking the box, the intermediate portion of the strip 12 is positioned over the recess 10 making it impossible to raise the cover 8, and the arms of the U- shaped strip straddle the end member and are provided with perforations 13 registering with the bore 11.

A bolt 14 passed through the arms of the strip 12 and through the bore 11 is preferably held in place by a wing nut 15.

Any suitable handle 16 may be provided for removing the cover after the locking strip 12 has been removed. The slightly tapered formation of one end of the cover shown at 17 in Figure 2 serves to facilitate the removal of the cover in that it permits the end to be readily slipped from under the band 9.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the precise details set forth but shall consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A rectangular box of the character stated including a bottom, side walls and end walls, said end walls having recesses in their inner upper edges formin shoulders, metal. encircling bands around the end members, the width of said bands being substantially the same as the thickness of the end members, one of said bandshaving a recess therein registering with a recess in the end member which it encircles, a removable cover resting on the shoulders, and means for retaining the cover in position.

2. A rectangular box of the character stated including a bottom, side walls and end walls, said end walls having recesses in their inner upper edges forming shoulders,

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metal encircling bands around the end members, the Width of said bands being substantially the same as the thickness of the end members, one of said bands having a recess therein registering With a recess in the end member which it encircles, a removable cover resting on the shoulders, and a detachable U-shaped member adapted to straddle the box and have its intermediate portion located over the recess in the band.

3. A rectangular box of the character described including a removable cover, a steel band around one end of the box preventing direct upward movement of one end of the cover, a removable U-shaped locking member straddling the box and preventing upward movement of the other end of the cover, and means for removably locking the U-shaped member in position.

4. A rectangular box of the character described including a removable cover, a steel band around one end of the box preventing direct upward movement of one end of the cover, a removable U-shaped locking member straddling the box and preventing upward movement of the other end of the cover, said U-shaped member'having perforations in its arms, said box having a transversely disposed bolt receiving bore registering With the perforations, a headed bolt extending through the bore and perforations,' and a Wing nut screwed on to the end ofthe bolt.

WILLIAM A. SEARS; 

